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Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature
Memoirs of a Movement
Remembering the campaign to Save Our Springs
"...Co-founder and director of the SOS Coalition; elected to City Council in 1993, served one..."
Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature
Imminent Harm
The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on
"...not everyone agrees that Chapter 245 would automatically override SOS -- because, they argue, state law prohibits developments that..."
July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Trench Warfare
Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds
"...County Water Planning Partnership and Austin's SBCA and the SOS Alliance, maintain that scrapping the massive pipeline in favor..."
May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran
Daryl's Dilemma
A True Believer Is Tested
"...just what to do with the Save Our Springs (SOS) water-quality ordinance. In it, former Chronicle columnist Slusher finds..."
Aug. 23, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban
Council Watch
Peace at Last? City, Gary Bradley Strike the Deal to End All Deals
"...what would be required under the requirements of the SOS water-quality ordinance...."
Feb. 11, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Watershed Redo
How redevelopment can save the springs ... or not
"...environmental gain? Those worries – as with all things SOS – have triggered heated community debate. The good news:..."
Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Freeport Wins Small
Thousands and Thousands of Dollars
"...of 1993, to impose the tougher Save Our Springs (SOS) water quality ordinance on The Falls, a 25-acre tract..."
May 19, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher
Council Watch
The Bradley deal is out in the open but no one seems to have an opinion on it.
"...proposal, see p.30.) Slusher may get his wish when SOS takes a formal position on the deal, and rallies..."
Feb. 25, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...I just read Louis Black's anti-SOS, anti-Prop. 2 rant twice, desperately searching for meaning ["Page..."
April 14, 2006 Column
Naked City
Robin Rather, Brigid Shea, Mary Arnold leave the SOS board; Town Lake park tree not 300 yeears old after all.
"...the Save Our Springs Alliance. Two key players -- SOS chair Robin Rather and board member and co-founder Brigid..."
March 31, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith
Council Watch
Details of the Bradley Settlement are finally made public and opened up to debate; Bill Spelman announces that he will not run for re-election to Place 5.
"...quiet -- with no formal statements yet from the SOS Alliance or the Hays County Water Planning Partnership (HCWPP)..."
Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
A Rural Riddle
Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth
"...make their company more stable and profitable. Environmentalists with SOS and HCWPP say their opposition to the pipeline and..."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
Point Austin: Refighting the Last Wars
Prop. 1, Prop. 2, Saving Barton Springs ... and Everything Else
"...Similarly, in its broader public campaigns, SOS has done a better job of describing the long-term..."
April 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King
The Art of the Deal
City Coucil wants to cut a deal with Stratus Properties on the Barton Creek properties because they think House Bill 1704 gives them no other option.
"...across 4,000 acres of sensitive terrain in Southwest Austin. SOS described the planned development as one that would rival..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith
A Delicate Balance: Austin Progressives Struggle to Hold the Movement Together
Council Watch
The Chronicle's endorsements explained; Council Watch writer JennyStaff Johnson says goodbye.
"...reading the papers lately, you may have noticed that SOS Action, the political arm of the SOS Alliance, and..."
May 5, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Postmarks
Transportation and trash are heavy on the minds of readers this week.
"...SOS Action Not Alliance..."
Feb. 4, 2000 Column
Off the Desk:
"...accept higher paying posts elsewhere. -- A.M. Support for SOS With council taking the week off, it's halftime in..."
Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature
Austin @ Large
SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates
"...our assertion (two weeks ago in this space) that SOS had supported Smart Growth. This is "inaccurate noise," Tschurr..."
Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline
Twenty years of progress
"...strengthen the 1986 Comprehensive Watersheds Ordinance, under the acronym SOS: "Save Our Springs." Council enacts a four-month moratorium on..."
Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King
Point Austin: The Way We Were
In Austin's politics of nostalgia, the truth is a frequent casualty
"...committed to napkin prior to the city's passage of SOS...."
May 2, 2008 News Column by Michael King
Woes for Lowe's
The big-bad big box gets stuffed – twice – in court
"...The SOS ordinance, which voters adopted in 1992, requires six council..."
June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...SOS Did Matter..."
Aug. 23, 2002 Column
Council Watch
City Council considers status of various development-related lawsuits in executive sessions.
"...was a subdivision seeking "limited adjustment" exemptions from the SOS Ordinance (Item 8 on the executive agenda), a little-used..."
Oct. 22, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Schoolyard Scuffle
Talking Out of School
"...under 10,000 square feet) -- Slusher was pushing for SOS compliance within the drinking water protection zone. This would..."
July 9, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Your coverage of the Open Government Online and SOS city charter amendments accuses SOS Alliance of calling Daryl..."
March 24, 2006 Column
It Is Guilt by Alluded to Association Not 'Name-Calling'
"...Editor, Your coverage of the Open Government Online and SOS city charter amendments accuses SOS Alliance of calling Daryl..."
March 22, 2006 Postmarks
A Different Shade of Green for Temple-Inland
The firm -- and the mayor -- suggest economic growth merits waiving SOS.
"...company built its new offices in strict compliance with SOS, and the environmental community lauded the project as proof..."
Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Slusher vs. Bunch
Point/Counterpoint:
"...versions of each argument are available at www.ci.austin.tx.us/council/slusher.htm and www.sosalliance.org.)On SOS ComplianceSlusher: Stratus agrees to build at SOS impervious..."
July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...II (CWO) in response to the Save Our Springs (SOS) ordinance's demise at the hands of a Hays County..."
